Abstract Reasoning Flashcards

In a sequence of shapes: circle, square, triangle, circle, square, triangle, circle, ___. What comes next?

Answer: Square

The pattern repeats every three shapes: circle, square, triangle. After the third circle, the next shape in the cycle is a square.

Complete the number sequence: 2, 6, 18, 54, ___

Answer: 162

Each number is multiplied by 3 to get the next: 2×3=6, 6×3=18, 18×3=54, 54×3=162.

If all BLOOPS are RAZZLES, and some RAZZLES are LAZZLES, which statement must be true?

Answer: Some BLOOPS might be LAZZLES

Since all BLOOPS are RAZZLES, and some RAZZLES are LAZZLES, it is possible that some BLOOPS (being RAZZLES) are also LAZZLES. We cannot say definitively that they are or aren't — only that they might be.

What number should replace the question mark? 3, 5, 9, 15, 23, ?

Answer: 33

The differences between consecutive numbers form an arithmetic sequence: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. So 23 + 10 = 33.

In a coded language, POLICE is written as QPMJDF. How would CRIME be written?

Answer: DSJNF

Each letter is shifted forward by one position in the alphabet: P→Q, O→P, L→M, I→J, C→D, E→F. Applying the same to CRIME: C→D, R→S, I→J, M→N, E→F = DSJNF.

Which number does not belong in this series: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17?

Answer: 15

This is a series of prime numbers (numbers divisible only by 1 and themselves). 15 is not prime — it is divisible by 3 and 5 (3 × 5 = 15).